I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

I used to consider the listener. But now I’m in a space where, if I’m not inspired, I can’t really do the music. I can’t feel it.

Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.

Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.

The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one: dipping a thread into a supersaturated solution to induce crystal formation. I don’t think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

You’re beautiful, like a May fly.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

It was morning; through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.

I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

Predicting rain doesn’t count. Building arks does.

I will never retire unless I have to.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‚Rocky,‘ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes.

I am sure there’s going to be times when I do things wrong that no one’s going to like and everyone’s going to think I’m terrible and rubbish but I know I’m going to go through those times, and it’s just about understanding that that’s going to happen.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

I always was a Christian… whatsoever a man thinks in his heart is who he is.

I should be a postage stamp, because that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked. I’m beautiful. I’m fast. I’m so mean I make medicine sick. I can’t possibly be beat.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music – which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there’s no dream that’s too big.

Not having hope is not an excuse for not doing something.

I just love Bowie. I think he’s the ultimate inventor.

I used to – my earliest memory of waking up with a melody in my head was, you know, 8, 9, 10. I’ve always heard kind of melodies in my head.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.

I have practically no private life. I’m already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it is the choice I made.

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

Deficiency motivation doesn’t work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

I actually don’t want a throne at all, because I don’t view myself as a queen; I view myself as one of my fans.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

I don’t think anything about a personal legacy. I mean, those words would never come out of my mouth unless I just repeated them. Those things have never been important to me.

Intelligent people should learn from their experiences. With people on the street, the bad experience has beaten them.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

We come bulletproof in Ireland. We’re reared tough, and we fight.

Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time.